Enforcement Directorate seizes Rs 2 crore, land deeds and unlicensed gun in raids
Telegraph | 3 April 2026
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that it had seized around ₹2 crore from an Alipore businessman and around 300 pages of land deeds and an unlicensed gun from the Fern Road house of Biswajit Poddar, the alleged mastermind behind a violent clash near Golpark on February 1, in an operation on Wednesday.
According to sources in the central agency, they had been counting the amount seized from the businessman’s house since Wednesday night and arrived at a close figure on Thursday.
“The businessman has not been able to explain the source of the money,” a senior ED official said.
ED teams had conducted search-and-seizure operations at multiple addresses in Calcutta on Wednesday, in connection with an alleged land scam.
Some businessmen allegedly collected money from investors, promising high returns from real estate projects on illegally procured land.
Officials said the ED was probing the flow of funds as part of the investigation.
“It is not clear whether Poddar was in touch with this particular businessman. We are probing his alleged links with some businessmen who seem to have been occupying land illegally,” said an official.
Sources said that in addition to the money trail, the investigation will also focus on the number of companies involved, how they obtained information about land parcels, and whether anyone in the state administration was involved.
Poddar, also known as Sona Pappu, is reportedly close to Trinamool leaders.
The search-and-seizure operations on Wednesday came two days after the ED questioned Debasish Kumar, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Rashbehari, in connection with a land-grab case.